This post is brought to you by Intuit QuickBooks. While this post was sponsored by Intuit QuickBooks, all content and opinions expressed here are my own. Entrepreneurs and small business owners tend to be a pretty plucky bunch. They recognize the need that they can fill, work tirelessly to offer the best product or service […]

Calculating how much money you will need for retirement is one of those inherently frustrating exercises since it seems like you have to start with information you can’t possibly know—simply figure out when you will die, and calculate backward from there! Despite the built-in difficulty of determining the exact amount you need for retirement, there […]

This post is brought to you by TransUnion. While this post was sponsored by TransUnion, all content and opinions expressed here are my own. You’ve come a long way in your financial journey. You mostly follow your budget, you’re no longer surprised by financial emergencies, and you are working on saving for long-term goals, like […]

This post is brought to you by FreedomPop. While this post was sponsored by FreedomPop, all content and opinions expressed here are my own. My oldest child is currently only 6 years old. I suspect I only have another four or five years before he starts pestering me for a cell phone. Though my intention […]

Do you remember your first job? Do you remember the thrill of finally earning your own income? I do. I was 15 and received my lifeguard certification. I thought that I was one of the coolest kids around. Not only was I earning a little extra cash but I was spending my days bathing in […]

A few years ago, I took over as financial secretary for my local synagogue, and I had my first taste of using accounting software. It didn’t go well. Our synagogue was stuck with an outdated program that ran slowly on my laptop and caused me any number of headaches. Without a background in accounting, I […]

Last summer, my family and I moved from Indiana to Wisconsin. We purged a great deal of our stuff before we left, and got rid of some more once we were unpacking. And yet, in every room of our new house you can still find: video games that we no longer play, worn out tech […]

Identity theft is one of the modern age’s most pervasive and expensive financial problems. According to the 2016 Identity Fraud study released by Javelin Strategy & Research, $15 billion dollars was stolen from 13.1 million American consumers in 2015, the latest year for which we have statistics. Over the six years from 2010-2015, identity thieves […]

Since 2014, Wealthsimple has offered Canadians excellent service as the largest robo-advisor in the Great White North. Now, Wealthsimple comes to the U.S. (along with a sweet $50 signup bonus for PTMoney readers) with the same no-nonsense mission of bringing “smarter financial services to everybody, regardless of age or net worth.” Read on to learn more […]

It can hardly be a coincidence that no language on Earth has ever produced the phrase “as fun and exciting as shopping for life insurance.” That’s because insurance shopping is traditionally a frustrating endeavor. For one thing, no one wants to think about their own mortality, which makes life insurance shopping something of a bummer […]

TurboTax is one of the most popular tax preparation software programs out there and for very good reason. It offers a step-by-step process for preparing your taxes so you can rest assured that every I is dotted, every T is crossed, and every eligible deduction is taken. They take care of yearly tax updates, making […]

This post is brought to you by TurboTax. While this post was sponsored by TurboTax, all content and opinions expressed here are my own. Tax season is upon us, which can be a stressful time of year for anyone. Millennials in particular tend to dread filing their taxes—according to a 2016 survey by NerdWallet, 80% […]

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